Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] What Does "salt sea" Mean at Genesis 14: 3?
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:32:13 +0000
On Mon 1 Dec 2008 (10:05:12), jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote:
> 1. Does the reference to salt sea (yod-mem he-mem-lamed-heth/YM
> HMLX, literally salt the sea) at Genesis 14:3 refer to the Dead Sea,
> or to the Mediterranean Sea?
It refers to the Dead Sea, which is 100% saturated with salt. It is
adjacent to the Vale of Siddim, now engulfed under the southern end of the
Dead Sea: and the site of former Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim.
Shalom
Ben
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Revd Ben Crick, BA CF <ben.crick(at)argonet.co.uk> ZFC Re